The Indiana Pacers have officially signed Andrew Bynum to a contract, which positions them to continue to dominate in the paint.

Bynum will be brought on as Roy Hibbert's backup center, which is a luxury not many teams can fathom. The move has to be a strategic ploy to keep a big body on the court when the Pacers face off with the Miami Heat.

“It will be great to back up Roy, and I’ll do whatever I can to help this team,” Bynum said.

Per Ken Berger of CBSSports, Bynum will sign a $1 million deal for the remainder of the season, which is a low-risk deal for the Pacers.

Andrew Bynum's deal with the Pacers is for $1 million for the rest of the season, league source says. Worthwhile gamble.

Previously, Bynum signed a heavily incentive-based contract for two years over $24 million with the Cleveland Cavaliers this offseason. The Cavaliers suspended Bynum without pay for conduct detrimental to the team, and those personal issues led to the team to trade Bynum to the Chicago Bulls, who later waived him.

Indiana is well aware of those issues, but, as Pacers president of basketball operations Larry Bird said, Indiana will not judge him based on outside issues.

"You hear all the negativity," Bird said to the Indianapolis Star. "I never judge a person or take somebody else's advice… I like to find out on my own."

And, because there were rumors that Bynum no longer had love for basketball, star Paul George said Bynum needs to show how he intends to approach this stay in Indiana.

"He'll have to prove a lot to himself on whether he wants to play or not," George told the Star. "If he comes in ready to go ready to put in the work, really buying into our program, we have no problem being there for him."

Bynum wanted to land with a contender, and he said he didn't have to put much thought into signing with Indiana.

“It really wasn’t a hard decision," Bynum said, "I think it’s the right fit for me and in all honesty, I think we’ve got the best chance of winning."